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More Favorite Firefox Extensions
May 27th, 2008 by TimA while back, Taylor blogged about her favorite FireFox browser extensions. I also use every one she mentions, and have since added a few more that I just knew the whole wide world would be dying to hear about.
Google Browser Sync
One that Talor did not mention was FoxMarks, which used to be the best way to snchronize your bookmarks between different computers. But before I had a chance to add that to the list, along came Google Browser Sync and totally upped the ante. GBS synchronizes not only your bookmarks, but your cookies, history, and passwords. Not only is this convenient, but when you have to wipe your computer and start all over again (like I did over the weekend), it’s a total lifesaver!
Colorzilla
Indispensible for a designer, Colorzilla adds a tiny eyedropper tool to the lower left-hand corner of your browser which, once clicked, allows you to sample any color on the page, or your browser. Saved as a hex color (”#ffffff”), text color (”white”), or RGB color (”R: 255, G: 255, B: 255″), you can then copy the values to your clipboard for use in Photoshop or a CSS file.
PDF Download
Since the journey to get content contributors to correctly identify PDF links as such in Web pages seems to be going uphill both ways in the snow, PDF Download is here to help. When clicking a link to a PDF a simple dialog pops up asking if you want to open the PDF, download it, or cancel. Neat.
Foxit PDF
While not exactly a plugin, the Foxit PDF reader opens PDFs much faster than Adobe Acrobat and, when combined with the PDF Download add-on, makes it far less tragic when you accidentally click a link that you thought went to a nice HTML page and instead opens Acrobat and locks up your browser while downloading a 250MB PDF. Like I said, this isn’t really a plugin and does not require FireFox to run (though it is Windows only). It is very nearly a full replacement for the Acrobat Reader.
